Curriculum Vitae
Born 1977, she graduated in Medical Biotechnology in 2002 at the University of Milano and she got the PhD in Neuroscience in 2006 at the University of Milano-Bicocca.
She works as laboratory technician at the School of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milano-Bicocca since September 2006.
She is involved in different research projects related to the characterization of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and their biology, differentiation, regenerative and protective properties. She studies the effect of natural and synthetic compounds on the differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells derived from various tissues. She collaborates with different groups for in vivo projects using the Fluorescence Tomography System – FMT1500 – to perform nanoparticles’ biodistribution studies or to follow disease progression by using specific fluorescent agents.
She is invited reviewer for international peer-review journals (see a summary of her reviewer activity here)
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells
- Neuroprotection
- Cellular differentiation
- In vivo imaging
MOST RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
- Fumagalli G, Monfrini M, Donzelli E, Rodriguez-Menendez V, Bonandrini B, Figliuzzi M, Remuzzi A, D’Amico G, Cavaletti G, Scuteri A. Protective Effect of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells on the Survival of Pancreatic Islets. Int J Stem Cells. 2019 Dec 31. doi: 10.15283/ijsc19094. [Epub ahead of print]
- Farina F, Lonati E, Milani C, Massimino L, Ballarini E, Donzelli E, Crippa L, Marmiroli P, Botto L, Corsetto PA, Sancini G, Bulbarelli A, Palestini P. In Vivo Comparative Study on Acute and Sub-acute Biological Effects Induced by Ultrafine Particles of Different Anthropogenic Sources in BALB/c Mice. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Jun 8;20(11). pii: E2805. doi: 10.3390/ijms20112805.
- Dal Magro R, Albertini B, Beretta S, Rigolio R, Donzelli E, Chiorazzi A, Ricci M, Blasi P, Sancini G. Artificial apolipoprotein corona enables nanoparticle brain targeting. Nanomedicine. 2018 Feb ;14(2):429-438. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2017.11.008.
- Monfrini M, Ravasi M, Maggioni D, Donzelli E, Tredici G, Cavaletti G, Scuteri A. Comparing the different response of PNS and CNS injured neurons to mesenchymal stem cell treatment. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2018 Jan;86:16-24. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2017.11.004. Epub 2017 Nov 6.
- Monfrini M, Donzelli E, Rodriguez-Menendez V, Ballarini E, Carozzi VA, Chiorazzi A, Meregalli C, Canta A, Oggioni N, Crippa L, Avezza F, Silvani S, Bonandrini B, Figliuzzi M, Remuzzi A, Porretta-Serapiglia C, Bianchi R, Lauria G, Tredici G, Cavaletti G, Scuteri A. Therapeutic potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Exp Neurol. 2017 Feb;288:75-84. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.11.006. Epub 2016 Nov 13.
- Scuteri A, Donzelli E, Rodriguez-Menendez V, Ravasi M, Monfrini M, Bonandrini B, Figliuzzi M, Remuzzi A, Tredici G. A double mechanism for the mesenchymal stem cells’ positive effect on pancreatic islets. PLoS One. 2014 Jan 8;9(1):e84309. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084309. eCollection 2014.
- Donzelli E, Lucchini C, Ballarini E, Scuteri A, Carini F, Tredici G, Miloso M. ERK1 and ERK2 are involved in recruitment and maturation of human mesenchymal stem cells induced to adipogenic differentiation. J Mol Cell Biol. 2011 Apr;3(2):123-31. doi: 10.1093/jmcb/mjq050. Epub 2011 Jan 28.
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